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Russian mortar squads in Far East hold drills

Xinhua, December 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The mortar squads of the Eastern Military District artillery divisions in Russia's Primorsky Territory conducted military exercises, said a military spokesman on Monday.

"An artillery division was raised by the emergency drill alarm and moved in a short time to the specified region. The division marched through mock infected areas and struck a mock enemy avoiding the retaliatory strike," said Vladimir Matveev of of the Pacific Fleet.

Primorsky Territory is located in the Russian Far East region bordering the Sea of Japan, China and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, with Vladivostok being its administrative center. Endi